Rob Lamey believes a slice of luck is all the Bracknell Bees need to ignite the confidence required to end the club’s disappointing start to the new EPIHL season.

Bracknell threw away a 2-0 first period lead against MK Lightning at the Hive on Sunday, with the Buckinghamshire side going on to record a 6-2 success and condemn Gareth Cox’s men to a fourth straight league defeat.

Less than 24 hours earlier, a side looking to bounce back from opening weekend losses to Sheffield Steeldogs and Guildford Flames were beaten 3-1 at Basingstoke Bison, where Ollie Bronnimann netted what proved to be a consolation strike.

Although admitting the mood within the camp was one of frustration and disappointment following Sunday’s defeat, Bees captain Lamey insists his side are not too far away from turning the corner.

He said: “I have played long enough to know teams go on these rolls, and I said to the guys if you have a four game blip in the middle of the season it doesn’t quite stand out as much as it does at the beginning of the season, because you look at the table, where you have got no points on the board.

“I think we have got the team, we have got the guys and the attitude, but confidence is the biggest thing in sport, in my opinion, and once you get that I cannot see why we cannot go on and have a good week and get that next weekend.

“The momentum will start to come and the guys who scored this weekend will continue scoring goals, as will the other guys who played and it will all fall into place,.

“But at the moment we just need that little something to happen, whether its a spark, a bit of luck, a bounce or whatever.

“I think our luck will turn, but it is frustrating to be 4-0 (four games, no wins) at the start of the season.”

Lamey went on to suggest how the squad’s fragile mentality following the three previous defeats may have played a part in Sunday’s loss.

This was after the Bees played arguably the best 20 minutes of hockey witnessed by the fans this season during an opening period which saw them lead 2-0 courtesy of Czech duo Kamil Tvrdek and Lukas Smital.

“We sort of took our foot off the pedal and let them back into the game,” said the skipper.

“They had a couple of bounces which helped them, but our heads went down I guess, off the recent results we have had, and it showed that we weren’t able to dig deep and turn it around, which we should be able to, because we are better than that.

“I’m not sure the guys have yet got the belief that they are able to turn things around like we did on many occasions last season – but it will come.

“We are professional sportsmen and we should know how to bounce back from that, but confidence does play a lot in these things.”

Bees are away at Peterborough Phantoms on Saturday (7pm) before welcoming the Slough Jets to the Hive on Sunday (6pm).